Kirsty O'Rourke
@kirstyorourke.bsky.social
Partnership Insight Officer at @jrf-uk.bsky.social!
Interested in public history, reconciliation and Irish rebel music.
Interested in public history, reconciliation and Irish rebel music.
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Where are we at with trans+ migrants rights? 🏳️⚧️
In our latest Substack blog, we reflect on what the Supreme Court ruling means for trans+ migrants, unpack interim changes to how trans+ people in #detention are treated, and how the Government is erasing gender non-conforming people🗞️ buff.ly/eLRKMrA
In our latest Substack blog, we reflect on what the Supreme Court ruling means for trans+ migrants, unpack interim changes to how trans+ people in #detention are treated, and how the Government is erasing gender non-conforming people🗞️ buff.ly/eLRKMrA
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Where are we at with trans+ migrants rights? 🏳️⚧️
In our latest Substack blog, we reflect on what the Supreme Court ruling means for trans+ migrants, unpack interim changes to how trans+ people in #detention are treated, and how the Government is erasing gender non-conforming people🗞️ buff.ly/eLRKMrA
In our latest Substack blog, we reflect on what the Supreme Court ruling means for trans+ migrants, unpack interim changes to how trans+ people in #detention are treated, and how the Government is erasing gender non-conforming people🗞️ buff.ly/eLRKMrA
Reposted by Kirsty O'Rourke
No one in the UK should experience destitution - wherever they were born – and destitution should never be an acceptable outcome of policy. But some policies announced in the Home Secretary’s asylum statement risk increasing destitution. 🧵1/7 www.gov.uk/government/p...
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
No one in the UK should experience destitution - wherever they were born – and destitution should never be an acceptable outcome of policy. But some policies announced in the Home Secretary’s asylum statement risk increasing destitution. 🧵1/7 www.gov.uk/government/p...
Reposted by Kirsty O'Rourke
📊 We're hiring a Senior Quantitative Manager!
Can you turn data into creative, high-quality analysis and visualisation?
Experienced with applied quantitative methods and using national survey datasets?
Then we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now: https://bit.ly/3LqTdzQ
Can you turn data into creative, high-quality analysis and visualisation?
Experienced with applied quantitative methods and using national survey datasets?
Then we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now: https://bit.ly/3LqTdzQ
Octo Candidates - Application Form - Vacancy Details
jrf.octo-firstclass.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
📊 We're hiring a Senior Quantitative Manager!
Can you turn data into creative, high-quality analysis and visualisation?
Experienced with applied quantitative methods and using national survey datasets?
Then we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now: https://bit.ly/3LqTdzQ
Can you turn data into creative, high-quality analysis and visualisation?
Experienced with applied quantitative methods and using national survey datasets?
Then we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now: https://bit.ly/3LqTdzQ
This is a project about stories, data and community power led by young people in a place living with high deprivation and limited leverage 🗣️
This piece from Dr Tamanda Walker shows how stories of childhood, class and residence bring a sharper lens to patterns of poverty and place-based disadvantage
This piece from Dr Tamanda Walker shows how stories of childhood, class and residence bring a sharper lens to patterns of poverty and place-based disadvantage
‘I See Oliver Twist Everywhere’: Stories, Data and Power in Northumberland Park
- Place Matters
www.placematters.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is a project about stories, data and community power led by young people in a place living with high deprivation and limited leverage 🗣️
This piece from Dr Tamanda Walker shows how stories of childhood, class and residence bring a sharper lens to patterns of poverty and place-based disadvantage
This piece from Dr Tamanda Walker shows how stories of childhood, class and residence bring a sharper lens to patterns of poverty and place-based disadvantage
What happens when residents lead the conversation about poverty?
Online event from @placematters.bsky.social, Roots and Rigour, @justknowledge.bsky.social and JRF on how 'data democracy' can enable gov to think differently about what tackling poverty really means and how it can empower residents 👇
Online event from @placematters.bsky.social, Roots and Rigour, @justknowledge.bsky.social and JRF on how 'data democracy' can enable gov to think differently about what tackling poverty really means and how it can empower residents 👇
Understanding Poverty in Place: Where Data Meets Community
Join us for a conversation exploring reflections and learning from engaging communities in data that has a direct impact on their lives
www.eventbrite.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
What happens when residents lead the conversation about poverty?
Online event from @placematters.bsky.social, Roots and Rigour, @justknowledge.bsky.social and JRF on how 'data democracy' can enable gov to think differently about what tackling poverty really means and how it can empower residents 👇
Online event from @placematters.bsky.social, Roots and Rigour, @justknowledge.bsky.social and JRF on how 'data democracy' can enable gov to think differently about what tackling poverty really means and how it can empower residents 👇
Reposted by Kirsty O'Rourke
Spoke to the BBC about the drivers of deprivation and the impact on families. There's a clear link between living in hardship & feeling socially/politically disconnected.
To make meaningful progress, communities must be involved in decisions affecting their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
To make meaningful progress, communities must be involved in decisions affecting their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What is life really like in one of England's most deprived towns?
Hastings in East Sussex is one of the most deprived local authorities in England, data shows.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Spoke to the BBC about the drivers of deprivation and the impact on families. There's a clear link between living in hardship & feeling socially/politically disconnected.
To make meaningful progress, communities must be involved in decisions affecting their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
To make meaningful progress, communities must be involved in decisions affecting their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Kirsty O'Rourke
Find out more about the origins of Sinn Féin and the party's central place in 20th century Irish politics on the #HistParl website: historyofparliament.com/2023/09/12/o... [3/3]
The origins of Sinn Féin - The History of Parliament
In a series of two blogs, our Public Engagement Assistant, Kirsty O'Rourke, will discuss the 20th century history of Sinn Féin. In this first blog, Kirsty
historyofparliament.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Find out more about the origins of Sinn Féin and the party's central place in 20th century Irish politics on the #HistParl website: historyofparliament.com/2023/09/12/o... [3/3]
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Find our modelling: www.jrf.org.uk/work/economi...
Read the full UK Poverty report: www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2...
Read the full UK Poverty report: www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2...
Economic and employment growth alone will not be enough to reduce poverty levels
Without additional targeted policy action, poverty will not fall between 2025 and 2029.
www.jrf.org.uk
January 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Find our modelling: www.jrf.org.uk/work/economi...
Read the full UK Poverty report: www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2...
Read the full UK Poverty report: www.jrf.org.uk/uk-poverty-2...
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4.3 million children are in poverty
UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢
Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in part due to social security policies 1/5
UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢
Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in part due to social security policies 1/5
January 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
4.3 million children are in poverty
UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢
Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in part due to social security policies 1/5
UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢
Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in part due to social security policies 1/5
Reposted by Kirsty O'Rourke
Welcome to all our new followers! 🎉
We have put together a helpful starter pack where you can find all of the JRF staff that are on Bluesky who you might want to follow.
Find it here: go.bsky.app/PLDMAUz
We have put together a helpful starter pack where you can find all of the JRF staff that are on Bluesky who you might want to follow.
Find it here: go.bsky.app/PLDMAUz
November 11, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Welcome to all our new followers! 🎉
We have put together a helpful starter pack where you can find all of the JRF staff that are on Bluesky who you might want to follow.
Find it here: go.bsky.app/PLDMAUz
We have put together a helpful starter pack where you can find all of the JRF staff that are on Bluesky who you might want to follow.
Find it here: go.bsky.app/PLDMAUz